Chapter 814: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 814: Next Time's Matter, Next Time We'll Talk About It

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Where is Deng Cuihua's guardian? Contact her guardian immediately, have the guardian come handle this!"

Zhang Duizhang's head ached terribly; he issued such an order.

The officer said:

"I already contacted Deng Cuihua's husband just now; her husband said he'll come as soon as possible."

Before long, Liu Shanshui arrived.

Zhang Duizhang said to Liu Shanshui:

"Hurry up and persuade your wife, tell her to stop making trouble. Your daughter and Wang Erhai are already divorced; whoever Wang Erhai is with now has nothing to do with her anymore."

Liu Shanshui, however, wore a face full of bitter smiles:

"My wife doesn't listen to me at all; I can't persuade her. Comrade police, however you want to handle it, handle it. My heart has been tired for a long time; I don't want to deal with these things anymore."

Seeing this, Zhang Duizhang was quite speechless:

"You're her husband; how can you not manage her?"

"The problem is I can't manage her." Liu Shanshui looked helpless. "She simply won't listen to me. We've spent these decades arguing constantly. I've wanted to divorce her for a long time, but even when we went to the township police station, we still couldn't get divorced. She's just that kind of person — she shouts and screams at the drop of a hat, threatens suicide at the drop of a hat. She's a mental case!"

Speaking to this point, Liu Shanshui let out a long breath of turbid air:

"Her being a mental case would be one thing, but she dragged our daughter into becoming a mental case too. Why is my life so bitter? If I'd known it would turn out like this, I never should have married her back then, and after marrying I never should have had a child with her! To tell the truth, now that my daughter has aborted the child, I don't feel the least bit sad; on the contrary, I feel relieved. I understand Wang Erhai's situation all too well — he got off luckier than me. If my daughter had actually given birth to that child, his life would definitely be ruined for good."

Zhang Duizhang, hearing Liu Shanshui's words, showed a trace of surprise.

He hadn't expected Liu Shanshui to not speak up for his own wife, not speak up for his own daughter, but instead speak up for Wang Erhai.

From this one could also see just how unreasonable and impossible to deal with Deng Cuihua and Liu Mei Qi, mother and daughter, were — how unwelcome they were to men.

"No matter what, we have to think of a way to handle this matter. We can't just let your wife and daughter keep causing a scene at the Public Security Bureau, can we?"

Zhang Duizhang spoke thus.

Liu Shanshui, however, said:

"I don't want them causing a scene either, but they insist on causing a scene and I can't stop them. I'll say the same thing again: however the police want to handle them, handle them. I won't have any objections."

Liu Shanshui's heart was very tired; he had already smashed the jar and given up completely.

"Liu Shanshui, as a grown man, how can you evade responsibility like this!"

Zhang Duizhang sternly rebuked.

Liu Shanshui, however, spread his hands:

"I am indeed evading responsibility, but besides evading, I have no other way. Comrade police, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Seeing this, Zhang Duizhang couldn't stay calm:

"Don't leave yet!"

Zhang Duizhang hurriedly blocked Liu Shanshui, then said:

"In a bit I'll have someone use a police car to send you, your wife, and your daughter home together!"

Liu Shanshui, however, said:

"Even if they go home now, another day they'll come back and cause trouble."

Zhang Duizhang, however, said:

"Another day's matter, we'll talk about another day! Today you all go home first!"

Zhang Duizhang also had his own selfish motive.

He didn't want to handle this kind of thankless, rotten business.

As long as he sent Deng Cuihua and Liu Mei Qi, mother and daughter, home now, if they came to cause trouble another day, it wouldn't be him responding to the call, so it wouldn't be his business anymore.

Liu Shanshui finally compromised and agreed:

"Alright then."

Zhang Duizhang found Deng Cuihua and Liu Mei Qi again and said:

"We've already looked into the situation and will help you handle this matter. You go back and wait for the result; once the result is out, the police will notify you at the first opportunity."

Deng Cuihua was unwilling:

"How long until there's a result?"

Zhang Duizhang said:

"That's not too clear — five to ten workdays, I suppose. In any case, we'll handle things according to the law; you can rest assured!"

Deng Cuihua, however, kept pressing:

"How do you plan to deal with that scoundrel Wang Erhai?"

Zhang Duizhang could only answer ambiguously:

"If he broke the law, then naturally the law will punish him. In any case, we won't wrong any good person, and we won't let any bad person off."

Liu Mei Qi at this time also persuaded:

"Mom, why don't we go back first? Staying here like this isn't a solution either."

Having made a scene to this extent, Liu Mei Qi herself felt a bit guilty.

Because she knew better than anyone that the banner her mother wrote for her was almost completely reversing black and white.

She only wanted to make a scene to make Wang Erhai change his mind and come back; she never wanted a fight to the death.

While her mother Deng Cuihua's extremely radical approach was clearly aimed at a fight to the death.

"Fine, then I'll give you five days. If within five days that scum Wang Erhai doesn't get the punishment he deserves, I'll come back to demand justice!"

Deng Cuihua dropped her harsh words and finally agreed to leave the police station.

The police used a police car to send the family of three back to their rural hometown.

This matter finally quieted down.

Zhang Duizhang came over and said to Wang Erhai:

"Mr. Wang, your ex-wife and her parents have gone back. You should go back too."

Hearing this, Wang Erhai was somewhat speechless:

"You're just letting them leave like that? They twisted black and white, slandered me, caused me reputational damage — you're not going to deal with them?"

Zhang Duizhang could only explain patiently once more:

"I've said it all — this can only count as a civil dispute. We can only persuade and mediate; we have no authority to arrest them."

"Then what if they come to my company entrance and hang banners next time?" Wang Erhai asked.

Zhang Duizhang could only spread his hands:

"Next time's matter, we'll talk about next time. Next time if you still make a scene at the police station, other officers will naturally help you handle it. But honestly, this kind of thing gives us a headache too. If you really can't stand it, either sue them in court, or avoid them and don't meet them."

Wang Erhai laughed in anger. He felt Zhang Duizhang was passing the buck, shirking responsibility.

But there was no choice — the power of interpretation lay in the police's hands.

Actually he had misunderstood Zhang Duizhang. Zhang Duizhang's approach, although it looked like shirking responsibility, was in fact all he could do following normal procedure. Police power is also limited — it's not like they can do whatever they want.

Of course, those scum who abuse their authority are exceptions.

Zhang Duizhang was clearly not that type. He had no need to abuse his authority for Wang Erhai, an unrelated person, and even less need to abuse his authority for Deng Cuihua and Liu Mei Qi, a mother-daughter pair who could give him no benefit.

He was simply handling things according to normal procedure.

Persuasion failing, he could only muddle through and send both sides away.

In the end Wang Erhai could only leave the police station in depression.

Returning to the company, he had no mood to work.

Moreover he discovered that the company's employees were all quietly discussing the matter of Deng Cuihua and Liu Mei Qi, the mother and daughter, hanging banners this morning.

And many employees who didn't know the truth were even more inclined to believe Deng Cuihua and Liu Mei Qi's version, all thinking Wang Erhai had wronged Liu Mei Qi, that their company's top boss was a big scumbag.

"President Wang being a scumbag is nothing unusual. Which man with a bit of money doesn't fool around with women? It's just that President Wang would actually fall for Yao Xueqin, this divorced woman — that really is a bit unexpected……"

"Exactly, exactly. Yao Xueqin isn't anything good. Everyone who used to work in sales at Huangsheng Group knows……"

"Who knows what President Wang is thinking. Finding a young pretty one would still be understandable, but finding a thirty-year-old old woman who's given birth and been divorced — that really can't be understood……"

"Can only say President Wang has special taste……"

Through the office wall, Wang Erhai could faintly hear the discussion outside.

He had a mouth but couldn't defend himself, depressed to the extreme.

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